I have to agree that the MSM was involved in election tampering. The difference between what the MSM did and what the Russians are accused of doing
is that the Russians provided the truth and the MSM provided half-truths, mis-truths and un-truths.

I don't think it's possible to punish the MSM via criminal channels; but we the people can and should punish them via our remote and/or keyboard!
Better that we starve the beast...

Nor do I think we should punish them criminally, due to the repercussions it would have on our 1st amendment rights. It would be too easy for those
in power to abuse the free flow of information based on what they want us to know -- or not know.

This is always my point when people talk about Russia "tampering"
The MSM did way more than Russia ever could have.
They tried and succeeded, in many cases, to manipulate the public in a shameful attempt to get who the owners of those companies wanted in office.
Not to mention George Soros. He should face more consequences than anyone, really.

The news is designed to tamper with peoples minds. Way back when they first applied it to broadcasts it was for radio. Joseph Goebbels
envisioned an entertainment industry wrapped around the daily propaganda everyone was to receive.

It included sports, drama, comedy, weather, traffic and of course advertising to pay for it all.

Mainly designed however to get the most people possible across the broadest spectrum 'tuned in' the most of the time just to receive the daily Nazi
propaganda.

Everyone on the same page yet? You know this because they repeat the same crap over and over for weeks, months, years on end.

We know nothing of the kind. The media didn't steal DNC emails and post them on WikiLeaks.

In fact, the media gave Donald Trump millions in "free advertising", taking his on air phone calls, reporting on anything and everything he did and
said, non-stop, for 18 months. He was entertaining, and no one took him seriously, until the very end, when the "liberal media" started calling him
out on lies and asking tough questions, which is what they should have been doing from the start.

originally posted by: network dude
There is no way to deny the MSM was full on for Hillary and the only thing the did that was pro Trump was to give him airtime when he did or said
something they deemed "stupid".

Knowing that is 100% factual, isn't that a much more direct influence to the public than Russia releasing leaked DNC e-mails? (If they really did)

Obama has already started down this slippery slope by making this such a yuge deal. I'm not a smart man, but I know what bull# is.

No because they're not represented by a foreign country and are American businesses protected by the Constitution. Might as well chuck this thread in
the garbage. Also, the MSM includes Fox News and they were not full on Clinton so your entire OP is awful. Anyone who takes this conversation in a
serious direction doesn't deserve the time of day. Clinton lost, move on to making America great.

The media may not have leaked any emails, but it is confirmed that they colluded with the DNC and the Clinton campaign. Donna Brazille, anyone?

Trump does owe his win the liberal media. The more they misrepresented him, ignored Clinton's avalanche of scandals and dog piled on him at every
opportunity... the more the people saw how biased and manipulative they are.

originally posted by: buster2010
Yes they should be. Because they gave him over three billion dollars worth of free air time. Equal airtime should be given to both candidates.

There is no way to deny the MSM was full on for Hillary and the only thing the did that was pro Trump was to give him airtime when he did or said
something they deemed "stupid".

Yeah right and I have some oceanfront property for sale in Nevada real cheap.

First point, I completely agree...though Trump did help his media exposure by holding multiple press conferences every day and saying things the
politicians aren't normally wont to say...

As for the oceanfront property, I saw a "documentary" called "an inconvenient truth" and it had hockey sticks and all this other cool graph stuff so
it had to be true...

Anyhow, I think you will have oceanfront property in Nevada pretty soon according to the narrator of the "documentary"…
He was a really smart guy according to the media..maybe too smart to be president if memory serves...especially considering he was a C+ to B- student
in undergrad...I mean, that's smart right??

I sincerely doubt the MSM will ever be held accountable, they are far too slippery for that.

They'll word-smith mealy-mouth their way out of any true "punishment"...were one to even be proposed (which I also doubt).

The bigger worry though, IMO, is the issue of this whole "fake news" movement. Now no one knows what news is real and what news isn't, and this is
very dangerous territory for a variety of reasons in my opinion.

You don't gaf about truth and you certainly don't care about being manipulated. Nobody spoke more lies or half-truths in a microphone this election
then the leader of your politicult.

Now you freedom hating authoritarian morons are openly fantasizing about having the state punish members of the media.

Freedom hating conservatives??

Liberals are so weak minded they won't even let us read Huckleberry Finn or to kill a mockingbird…
Take a look at this for a thread to see how your ilk actually feels about freedom... www.abovetopsecret.com...

Y'all offer this preposterous slogan that you are tolerant and freedom loving get your tolerance only extends to those who espouse the same liberal
dogma to which you subscribe…
The moment anything not in line with liberal groupthink is spoken yall immediately look to stifle it through bullying and or censorship…

This is a paraphrased version of the progressive ethos:
Silence all who would dissent against liberal dogma…
If you're not tolerant to whom we want you to tolerate then no tolerance to you shall be afforded...

Liberal hypocrisy would be comical were not so tragic…

I'll let you go now, Atlantian...as I'm guessing you have a book burning to attend...
We wouldn't want anyone else's children reading books you liberals find offensive or listening to music which would leave tipper gore aghast...

Thanks progressives for telling me what is and is not news, what is and is not offensive, and what is and is not reality…

I thank God I have progressives to make my life decisions for me…
Oh no, I said God…
Did that trigger you?
I'm sooo sorry…
Let me try again:
I think allah I have progressive to make my life decisions for me..

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